Dress Code for Students Board Approved: June 29, 2021

The Quitman School Board, the administration, and faculty expect all students to in a manner which reflects favorably upon the efforts of the total educational community to provide the best learning experience possible for each student.

Students enrolled in the District are expected to adhere to the listed below.

1. Hair shall be groomed so as not to extend below the eyebrows or cover the eyes. 2. No grooming in class. 3. Hair and body shall be free from obnoxious odors, clean, and neat in appearance. 4. , or shall be worn at all times with shoes being laced and tied. No cleats or tennis shoes with wheels. (No shower shoes, beach shoes, slides or flip flops of any kind.) 5. No tank tops, strapless tops, halter tops, tops with spaghetti straps, tops with low necklines or backless, or tops that expose the midriff, with hands raised above the head, shall be worn. This includes . Appropriate underclothing shall be worn. No considered and designed as underclothing shall be worn as an outside garment. Underclothing shall not be exposed while worn underneath an outside garment. (Male students shall not wear sleeveless .) 6. Any style of clothing tending toward immodesty is prohibited. 7. Picks, combs, rollers and other styling devices shall not be worn in the hair. 8. Unless prescribed for medical reasons, are not allowed in the building. 9. No , , head , bandanas, wrist , sweatbands, , hair‐nets, or shower caps, caps or do rags are allowed on campus or in the building. This rule applies to both boys and girls. Toboggans and hoods on shirts or sweatshirts may not be worn on the head inside the buildings. 10. Only female students may wear decorated/dressy headbands in their hair. 11. No see‐through clothing shall be worn. 12. Students' may not be more than 3 inches above the kneecap. Shorts must have a hem and not be considered cut‐offs. Athletic shorts are to be worn by the Pre‐K through 5th grades only. 13. Girls’ and dress length may not be more than 3 inches above the kneecap. K‐2 students may use the fingertip rule for . 14. Young men shall be permitted to wear small stud in the ear lobe. Neither female nor male students shall be permitted to wear rings or studs in their noses, tongues, or other body parts. Dog tags must be worn inside of clothing. 15. Pants/shorts with rips or holes are not permitted. Pajama pants are not permitted. 16. Pants with writing across the seat are prohibited. 17. Overall straps and shall be fastened and worn over the shoulders. 18. , jeggings, , and skin‐tight pants/ or biking shorts are not permitted. 19. Pants should be worn appropriately at the . Sagging pants will not be tolerated. 20. All male students (grades 6 ‐ 12) must wear a at all times. Any color belt may be worn and must have a prong/pin buckle and has to be buckled at all times. A belt must be worn with pants or shorts. 21. Students with tattoos may be requested to keep them covered. 22. Clothing with suggestive, vulgar, indecent, or disruptive slogans/pictures is not permitted. 23. Clothing advertising alcoholic products or drugs is not permitted. 24. A student shall not wear any clothing or present himself/herself in a manner (such as cuts in the eyebrows, one pants leg or sleeve rolled up) that would identify him/her with a gang or any other illegal activity. Further, a student shall not wear any clothing advertising gang‐related signs, colors, or written gestures. 25. Males are not permitted to wear skirts and/or other garments traditionally designed to be worn by females. 26. Wallet chains are not allowed. 27. Trench or duster style coats are not allowed. 28. No , no athletic shorts for Grades 6 ‐ 12, no warm‐ups. 29. All clothing should be of an appropriate size and fit for the student. 30. Certain events, such as homecoming, may allow for special dress. Modifications to the dress code may be allowed by school administrators for these special occasions. 31. Any dress or personal appearance that the administration feels is disruptive or presents a safety hazard to the instructional process will be dealt with on an individual case basis.